Re: [PATCH 2/4] Use Ext4FS for all extended filesystems.

From: John Reiser <jreiser bitwagon com>

To: anaconda-devel-list redhat com

Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Use Ext4FS for all extended filesystems.

Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:10:08 -0700

On 09/02/2011 12:01 PM, David Lehman wrote:
> I should point out that this will have some other consequences. First,
> we will no longer offer to create new ext2 or ext3 filesystems. (In
> fact, specifying ext2 or 3 via kickstart will lead to us making you an
> ext4 fs.)
For faster installs I specify ext2 because it has no journal.
(I convert later to ext3.) If ext2 and ext3 are going away,
then please add the option to create ext4 _with_ journal,
but turn off journalling for the rest of the install.
As long as an install cannot be resumed "in the middle", then
the journal's advantage of easy recovery after an interruption
(failure of power, network, drive/media, etc.) does not pay off
in practice.
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